The Dean
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44 minutes ago, PetermansRedemption said:
So I had no clue this was a think or I absolutely would have bought it. The cost isn’t the big deal, it’s the fact that we dropped directv and would never go back to the dish or $100/ month service. I thought there was no way to get the ticket otherwise.
Now that DTV has a streaming option for their regular service, they may indeed charge a bit more for the Ticket. I haven't checked it out yet. But their streaming cable replacement plan seems pretty reasonable. Since my landlord pays for the cable, I'm not really looking for a cable replacement just yet. Adding a streaming service here and there,
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4 minutes ago, PetermansRedemption said:
They offer a streaming only NFL Sunday ticket?
$300 last year. No dish needed. Since they will have so many nationally televised games this year, I'm not sure I will renew.
But for those who think the price on the Ticket will decrease, you might actually be surprised. I think the only way it might cost less if if they allow you to buy a team-specific plan. I read it was on the table, but I've also read it wasn't likely to happen. My guess is, if one is required to buy the entire package, the price is more likely to increase with a new service. Hope I am wrong about that.
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To you in Canada, or who go there to buy beer often: Has anyone seen Molson Stock Ale in stock anywhere? It doesn't seem as though it has been discontinued, but it never seems to be in stock when I, or any of my friends, looks for it
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27 minutes ago, BuffaloBill said:
Cool story. My experience with border crossing is simply that if you are open and honest the crossing guards really just don’t care and will not hassle you.
My experience as well. Unless of course you are WAY over the limit.
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12 hours ago, The Poojer said:
I'm 59 and I'm finally trying to live by this "mantra", I don't want to go out with any more regrets than I've already built up.
While I like the attitude of the mantra, the truth is: If I lived everyday as my last, I wouldn't have too many more days to live. Because if I KNOW today is my last day, I'm not working/working out/eating right/etc. I'm getting wasted.
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1 hour ago, PetermansRedemption said:
That I dumped DIRECTV years ago and am looking forward to being able to get Sunday Ticket again without having to put a satellite dish on my roof. And that I miss redzone with Andrew.
You could have paid only for the ticket on DTV too. Just do the streaming, like I did last year.
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10 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said:
Adding muscle mass = adding weight
Simply turning your existing pounds into leaner muscle without gaining weight is not "adding mass"............it's just adding muscle while subtracting less lean body weight.
You are trying to run with the misconception at the time that Singletary may have bulked up signficantly.....and again......he did not.
Getting heavier to get quicker and faster would not have been sensible..........and this is common sense, after all.
As for the real man stuff............I always thought you were more of a mama's boy type.
I'll reply once more and that's it. I am not/did not do the bolded. You assumed I did that even though I have corrected you on many occasions.
I said there was a thread on Motor's gaining muscle. That is TRUE.
I said some commented that would hurt him/he would regress: That is also TRUE
Why they said it was never an issue. THAT it happened is all that was presented. Even though WHY doesn't matter to my statement, I even showed you some ONLY referred to the muscle gain, with no mention of weight. But again, why was never at issue in my original statement.
Everything else is your incredible spinning BS.
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15 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:
Nah, you are just acting a fool.
The people you cited to make your asinine argument were concerned about Singletary adding weight to his frame by getting more muscular.
He didn't add weight.
It's a different situation than Davis adding 17 pounds to his body over the past two seasons by muscling up.
Every season there are players who bulked up in the offseason and find that the added weight slows them down........whether it's lean muscle or otherwise. Just like some players, like Jon Feliciano and AJ Epenesa last offseason, find out that losing weight has reduced their power.
It's a founded concern.
The organizations stated key to turning this receiver corps from unproductive in 2018 to dynamic in 2019 was replacing bigger receivers with smaller, quicker players who could get open FAST.
Doesn't all that spinning make you dizzy?
QuoteCoach Tuesday
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Adding muscle mass is rarely a good idea for a running back.
No weight gain mention nor implied. You may infer it, but that's coming from YOU.
Any real man would have simply said, "Sorry Brian, I misinterpreted your post". Or "I had forgotten about that thread"
But you aren't nearly enough of a man to admit a mistake. So I'm done with you. Just know I left you twisting around trying to justify your inability to poke a hole in my analogy. I'd done with you here. It would be too cruel to belittle you further.
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33 minutes ago, wppete said:
I'm no fan of cheap beer. But if you are going to chug, isn't that the best use of cheap beer?
I know when our group gets together every year, we make it a point to shoot at least one beer. But we don't waste the good beer on that activity. Maybe something like Blue, or Blue Light
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33 minutes ago, Augie said:
I don’t know Punta Gorda well, but have been there for a variety of reasons. My youngest son and I almost died in a horrific accident on I-75 as I took him to a tennis tournament down there. The shock of my life! We were fortunate to come away unscathed.
Ocala is like the Kentucky horse country with rolling hills and white fences holding in all those beautiful creatures. You might forget where you are as you pass thru Ocala.
Our kids used to play high school sports in LaBelle, FL (east of Ft Myers). In LaBelle you don’t forget where you are, you forget when you are. It’s like stepping back in time, with public schools praying before football games. I don’t mind that, but it’s………..different. One year we had a long heat lighting delay. My wife tried to leave the stadium to go get a nerf football to throw around while we killed time. She was stopped at the gate and told she would have to pay again to re-enter. She pointed out the bus was only about 50 feet away. Security explained that they had a problem with people selling and doing drugs in the parking lot. She pointed out she was a mother in her 40’s at the time. “I realize that, ma’am, but it’s usually the parents selling the drugs to the kids in the parking lot.” Oh……what do you say to that? Add the cost of re-admission to the cost of drugs!
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That's funny stuff. And probably true!
I'm going to take a trip to look at some horses. I bought some microshares of horse ownership on myracehorse.com. NOT as an investment, as I seriously doubt I'll see any financial returns. As an "owner" I get invited to check out the new foals and such in Ocala (and other locations). I was unable to take it in this year, but plan to in the future. Going to Saratoga in August and hoping one of "my" 2-year olds might get a race when I'm there. I might get some access if that happens.
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28 minutes ago, Augie said:
I’m more of a Gulf coast guy in terms of preference. Returning to Sarasota is my dream, but some things will have to change before I can accept how expensive it is now.
Having said that, St Augustine would be my first choice on the east coast based on what I know so far. We lived in Hilton Head Island, SC and learned to love the low country with the beautiful marshes and tidal creeks. Our very first house had a view over the marsh looking out across Calibogue Sound. Stunningly beautiful, and it has a different look every hour of every day.
We were in San Francisco a few weeks ago. Actually, most of our time was spent in Half Moon Bay at the beautiful Ritz Carlton and up in quaint and lovely Healdsburg by the vineyards and wine tasting. My wife’s co-workers in the Bay Area strongly suggested we stay away from the city. Apparently the homelessness and crime is at all-time levels and best to be avoided. Such a shame, on so many levels.
I really like the Gulf Coast. Not sure how affordable it is, but I'd go to Punta Gorda in a heartbeat.
2 minutes ago, DrW said:Realistically, we will probably retire to somewhere close to the kids.
However, one place in inland Florida I could imagine to live would be Ocala. I love the Ocala National Forest/Wilderness, and the Juniper Springs canoe run is one of the most beautiful in the US (and well manageable for senior citizens). Furthermore, one of my hobbies are model railroads, and the largest US brass model dealer is located in Ocala.
Love the Ocala forest area. So I'd consider that an inland exception.
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14 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:
The implication in that thread was that Motor inevitably got heavier by putting on muscle........hence the "his frame needs to be abe to support". It's about weight. Now if the argument is that you can reach a point where you are more susceptible to soft tissue injuries by over building muscles at the expense of body fat.........again.......a different argument than the scarecrow you are trying to build.
Sorry. That's YOUR implication, not mine. EVERYTHING I said in this thread has been supported. The reports and thread I referred to exist, despite your insistence they did not.
I NEVER implied the Motor situation was about weight. You can try to mind read all you want, but you are completely unqualified to read mine. There was only ONE argument I presented. Last year people made comments Motor's muscle gain would hamper his game. There is ZERO doubt that happened. Any other meaning you are trying to create, is of your own invention.
I know you are far too arrogant to admit it, but give it a try. Fonzie almost pulled it off.
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4 hours ago, PetermansRedemption said:
Can’t wait for this to go to amazon or apple so I can just pay the price for the ticket. Went streaming a few years ago and am looking forward to getting Redzone with Andrew Siciliano back.
What does that mean?
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There are affordable areas. As stated, they tend to be inland. A question I'd ask myself is, "Do I really want to live in Palatka*?"
* whatever inland town you may be looking at
I basically moved here to help my sister take care of our ailing mother, father and brother. I knew St Augustine was OK, so it wasn't a hard decision. If they lived south or inland, I sometimes wonder if I would have left San Francisco.
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Davis has not missed a workout since the 2021 season ended and now weighs 227. Whigham said Davis played last season at around 220...
“He’s bigger, faster, stronger,” Whigham told Kyed. “He’s put on muscle. People say that’s too big, but he’s 23 years old. He’s just growing into his natural body. You’re going to see a big receiver.”
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On 7/13/2022 at 8:27 AM, Beast said:
Go to an 18 game schedule. Shut the NFL down for a week twice after the 6th and 12th game, that way all teams have the same bye weeks. Also expand the playoffs by 1 team in each conference and give the playoff teams a week off before the playoffs start.
Trash the pre-season.
Never going to happen. The NFL will NOT close down for two weeks (or even one week). IMO--but I think it's obvious.
In order to get to 18 games with two byes. They will likely convert a preseason game to a regular season game. IMO some preseason is necessary. If not for the players and coaches, for the refs/production crews/etc. Every year there are rookies in those positions, too. There are also rule tweaks and such that need to be implemented. Better to make as many mistakes as possible before the season starts.
But at this rate, the Super Bowl will be played while baseball spring training is going on. This year it's on February 12th (my birthday, actually). That's pretty late already.
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Go Mazie!
Thanks for the update.
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8 hours ago, Doc Brown said:
It's impossible to put on muscle without gaining some fat. My guess is after training camp he'll drop a few pounds of fat while maintaining most of the muscle he built.
Is this true? Impossible? Do those fat loads who transform their bodies into muscles are actually gaining MORE fat? I'm no expert in this, but this sounds wrong.
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10 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said:
There were a bunch of articles written about Singletary after the one that I linked..........but they were all a derivative of the same story.
His claims of getting faster thru focused training were much talked about.
But he didn't add any notable weight.
Read the story you posted......his trainer literally said that Singletary played at 203 in 2020 and was 205 coming to training camp..........basically the same body weight.
There is a big difference between just converting some fat to muscle without adding weight for your legs to carry and adding on 17 more pounds to your frame like Davis has reportedly done.
..........it's an absurd notion.........you are conflating two different things.
Now if someone said "Singletary looks like he put on 17 pounds" when he did not...........that doesn't support your claim either........we don't know if Singetary would have played as well with 17 more pounds of weight.........because he didn't.
Do you understand or are you determined to push this lie?
The only person lying here is you. You seem determined to attempt to twist what I said. Let's reviews exactly what I posted.
12 hours ago, The Dean said:I remember hot-take idiots saying Singletary's major addition of muscle last year would slow him down and hurt his game. How'd that turn out?
I never said, nor inferred, the discussion about Motor was about his weight. I said it was about his gaining muscle, It WAS. I already showed you the thread.
You keep tossing out absolutes that prove to be false. You posted the ONLY story last year was his working on speed. I've obviously showed you there were stories about his muscle gain . I never claimed it was the first story about Singletary. That the stories are derivative means absolutely nothing to my claim of their existence.
I was saying, and will say again, there WERE stories about his muscle gain. And there was at least one thread about that on here. I've supplied it for your convenience. Now you are saying:
QuoteNobody was saying that the same weight in muscle makes you slower than that weight in fat
Perhaps you skipped some replies on the thread I supplied.
QuoteAdding muscle mass is rarely a good idea for a running back.
QuoteNow his 40 time is 6.36
QuoteI have to disagree here. Rbs adding muscle mass, rarely works out for the better. Your frame has to be able to support it, without losing any speed or quickness. Devin should be more focused on speed and quickness, than power.
So apparently your assertion that NOBODY was saying the added muscle would be bad, is in incorrect. There were several mentions.
I'm thinking you want me to be saying something I did not. I said exactly what I said. I backed up the analogy.
Your insistence that I was conflating muscle and weight with respect to speed is an invention in your own mind. I never did that. The analogy was about hot-take reactions to a player changing his physique in some way, and assuming it will be a negative impact. Pretty simple. And true.
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Best to Mazie. A beautiful dog.
I'm looking forward to some good news.
Gary is a real cutie, too.
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10 minutes ago, The Dean said:
This isn't the only article, as many of the pictures were on Twitter and such (that's what I recall, anyway).
https://heavy.com/sports/buffalo-bills/bills-devin-singletary-workout/
Guess it wasn't the ONLY story, huh?
An old thread about this very subject, that apparently was NEVER a story:
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This isn't the only article, as many of the pictures were on Twitter and such (that's what I recall, anyway).
Quote"I added more muscle," he said.
"What he did was he burned his fat and put on lean muscle mass," Hicks said. "I remember him leaving here and he was at 205, and he looked huge."
2 minutes ago, The Dean said:This isn't the only article, as many of the pictures were on Twitter and such (that's what I recall, anyway).
https://heavy.com/sports/buffalo-bills/bills-devin-singletary-workout/
55 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:That would be a cool story comparing two players bulking up.......and the first one getting quicker/faster demonstrating that's how you do it.
If it were true.
The only Devin Singletary story of the offseason was how he had spent the entire offseason trying to get faster.
Guess it wasn't the ONLY story, huh?
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17 minutes ago, Ethan in Portland said:
Please explain? How does a pound of muscle weigh more than a pound of fat or a pound of flesh?
So, by your logic, ALL things weigh the same, as a pound is a pound? Did I get that right? A cup of feathers weighs less than a cup of BBs. I never said, nor meant to imply a pound of muscle weighs more than a pound of fat. Where did you get that from?
Just FYI an ounce of feathers weighs MORE than an ounce of gold.
34 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:That would be a cool story comparing two players bulking up.......and the first one getting quicker/faster demonstrating that's how you do it.
If it were true.
The only Devin Singletary story of the offseason was how he had spent the entire offseason trying to get faster.
https://www.golongtd.com/p/what-fuels-motor-devin-singletary
It was very quiet on the Motor front before this article came out in April and there was no talk last offseason about him adding weight.......certainly not like Davis adding 17 pounds.
That article isn't what I am referring to. There were pictures posted of Motors transformed body, especially the major growth of his thighs, on this board. Several here, when viewing the evidence, claimed that would hinder his performance and speed.
So, what's your point. Do you think Gabe is gaining fat weight? Do you think he's bulking up on junk food? Are you predicting he will be slower and/or less productive this year due to the extra weight?
I'm not concluding anything. I'm just saying this is a guy who trains very hard. If he is gaining weight on purpose, I will assume it is done in the right way, and not simply adding fat. And I won't automatically assume that will make him slower or less effective, over the course of the season.
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2 hours ago, Sheneneh Jenkins said:
Not if some of that muscle mass went to the legs also....I think it's muscle weight and not fat weight from wings etc lol
Correct. Muscle weighs more than fat.
Gabe is a guy who really works so he isn't sitting around getting fat. I have to assume he is approaching it in a healthy manner. Why would anyone choose to believe the opposite?
I remember hot-take idiots saying Singletary's major addition of muscle last year would slow him down and hurt his game. How'd that turn out?
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Sunday Ticket 2022
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I don't remember. I'm not even sure if it was an NFL centric site or a TV/Internet centric site. But I saw a couple stories that said to the effect "everything is on the table" and team specific season viewing was one of the things they mentioned. I clicked on another article or two more recently from this forum where the take was that isn't going to happen.
At this moment it's all speculation quite frankly. I'd love to only be able to pay for Bills games. But if (for example) you can buy the entire package for $300, what do you think the price will be when they can chop it up by team? I'm guessing over $200 per team. WAG. Completely fact and information free. I guess we'll see. I hope I'm wrong and some steps up with something creative and a bit more affordable.